Table 8. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
46,030 
100.0 
47,383 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
8,302,444 
100.0 
8,103,925 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
34,525 
75.0 
35,954 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
2,990,561 
36.0 
3,274,137 
summer fallow 
farms 
797 
1.7 
948 
Harvested cropland 
....farms 
31,041 
67.4 
30,563 
acres 
24,077 
0.3 
25,153 
acres 
2,618,291 
31.5 
2,544,997 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
29,638 
64.4 
28,955 
1 to 49 acres 
20,886 
45.4 
20,504 
acres 
2,465,061 
29.7 
2,319,491 
1 to 9 acres 
6,146 
13.4 
5,450 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,531 
27.2 
13,421 
1 0 to 1 9 acres 
5,842 
12.7 
5,949 
acres 
464,186 
5.6 
490,798 
20 to 29 acres 
4,173 
9.1 
4,229 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
22,938 
49.8 
21,596 
30 to 49 acres 
4,725 
10.3 
4,876 
acres 
2,000,875 
24.1 
1,828,693 
50 to 99 acres 
4,720 
10.3 
4,749 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
100 to 199 acres 
2,883 
6.3 
2,771 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,627 
3.5 
1,667 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
32,250 
70.1 
30,674 
500 to 999 acres 
509 
1.1 
481 
acres 
2,435,064 
29.3 
2,150,933 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
316 
0.7 
300 
2,000 acres or more 
100 
0.2 
91 
Land in farmsteads, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
30,470 
66.2 
23,502 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
411,758 
5.0 
359,364 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
3,469 
10,083 
acres 
148,345 
486,550 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
Ml 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
6,844 
6,734 
acres 
223,925 
2.7 
242,590 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,688 
(X) 
2,792 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
58,283 
(X) 
70,112 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
5,535 
12.0 
4,793 
acres 
177,209 
2.1 
169,436 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,747 
(X) 
2,849 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
1,144 
2.5 
1,805 
acres 
1,056,366 
(X) 
910,478 
acres 
22,639 
0.3 
48,001 
16 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
